Emulator Pi1541-III for Commodore 1541 Disk Drive, White or Black

The device is an emulator for the 1541 disk drive on Raspberry Pi 3B / 3B+.

PCB color: white.

Functionality

Pi1541 allows, through the use of a 32Gb microSD card, the playback of disk images on Commodore computers such as:

• Commodore 64
• Commodore 128
• Commodore VIC-20
• Commodore 16
• Commodore Plus4

Design

The set includes:

• Power cable with USB plug for 5V power supply.
• 5V power supply.
• 32Gb microSD card.
• Serial IEC cable for the disk drive.
• Knob in gold, black, silver, red, or blue, to choose from.

Technical highlights, no fluff:

• Compatibility at its best:
  Nearly 100% compatibility with the original, including support for many fast loaders (even those with copied originals and demo scene wonders). Forget heuristic guessing like in SD2IEC – here, the 6502 code runs in full cycle-exact mode, just like in 1982.
• Operating modes like sci-fi movies:
  • Minimal SD2IEC startup (for browsing PRG and D64 files).
  • After loading a disk image – full 1541/1581 emulation.
  • Reading and writing? No problem, with support for multiple channels and sequential files.
• Classy hardware:
  • Mounting on Raspberry Pi 3B+.
  • PCB with logic level converter (5V CBM → 3.3V Pi).
  • IEC connectors and chain option (possibility to cascade with other drives – real or emulated).
  • Version III equipped with a 1.3" OLED display and a rotary encoder for navigation – scrolling folders like on a smartphone, not like in a joystick maze.
• Media support:
  • Ability to load hundreds of D64 files onto an SD card (up to 32GB+).
  • Browsing via Pi keyboard/screen or C64 commands (LOAD "",8", LOAD"",8,1).
  • Saving files? Yes! But remember: it's retro, not the cloud – always back up before your cat sits on the card.
• Power supply and assembly:
  • 5V power supply included in the set.
  • Compact casing.

Based on the project:

https://github.com/tebl/C64-Pi1541-III

YouTube:

Watch the video on YouTube